Absolutely Positively the Best Thing That I've Ever Gotten From A Subway

And it dang sure wasn't a sandwich. Got this in change at lunch today.
The date was what made me want to save it to check it out further with magnification. Notice the die cracks. Then I flipped it over and found this
Needless to say, I'm pretty happy about this one.

 

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Die clash?

 

TE="stldanceartist, post: 2061840, member: 13307"]Die clash?[/QUOTE]
That's what it looks like. Also broke the
obverse die. There is a retained cud right under the date.

 

Maybe it's the pics. I see no sign of a clash.

 

You can see the outline of the bottom of the bust over the torch. I can see it with the necked eye.

 

Perhaps it is the pictures, but I see nothing

 

+1

 

The pictures really suck, I agree. Taken with an android phone. I have my eye on a new microscope and camera, but I always wind up spending my play money on another coin. Until my eyes got bad, having a coin that you had to carry a micron microscope around in your pocket to show the details, didn't interest me at all.

 

What you can see very easily in those pictures is an obverse die crack that begins just under the date and runs up the neck and across the cheek of the bust. A retained cud over the LI in LIBERTY and another under the date stamp.

 

Well, pics need to be clearer and shot from above. You may see it but it is not seen to us. The large die crack you say is there looks easily from the pics to be a scratch. A micron microscope isn't necessary but good pics are.

 

Boy, you guys are tough. I'm beginning to think y'all all own a Subway shop.

 

Here's a pic of my strongest die clashed dime. Take a look at the placement of the bottom of the clashed portrait relative the reverse of the dime. If you have one, it seems like it will be off set, which would make it more special. And if the die crack on the obverse is good throughout, that also is great. But when we can only go by pics, we have to be 'tough' to get enough to make a judgement for it, otherwise we can only say what we see outside of what you want us to see.

I am including a couple views of the reverse of mine, because the way it is clashed, it was too difficult to really see the extent in only one photo.

 

@Hommer - we're not being overly hard on you. We want to share your exciting finds with you...but since we don't live down the block, we have to see it in your pictures. Unfortunately, it's not so easy for us yet - which is not a unique problem. All we're saying is give us the opportunity to share the excitement with you by doing a little investing in your imaging. If we didn't care, no one would say anything at all...

Makes sense?

 

Sorry, Guys. English (American) is not my 'first' language and I am not familiar with the word 'clash' (used here several times). Can someone please explain it to me? (Crack I know.) Thanks.

 

It's where the dies strike (clash) each other because there isn't a planchet in between them, leaving an impression on the opposite die. Sometimes its just one of them that will have a distinct impression but mostly its both. The next coin it strikes will show markings from one side on the other.

 

Thanks, Hommer. No knowledge is wasted.

 

got this one at the golden arches, (best part of the big mac meal)

 

TRADE???

 

no think i'll have to keep this one, since I was hatched there.

 

I do think I got a better sandwich though.